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Droidy




I'm doing 35 things
  

Droidy's Life List

  2. 1. watch the sunrise
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		400 people
  3. 2. Sleep more
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,741 people
  4. 3. make the world a better place
    1 cheer     		812 people
  5. 4. remember my dreams
    1 cheer     		384 people
  6. 5. contribute to an open source project
    1 cheer     		116 people
  7. 6. Be a good sister
    		154 people
  8. 7. be happy
    1 cheer     		24,432 people
  9. 8. Save money
    		16,108 people
  10. 9. Never stop learning
    		4,106 people
  11. 10. get Olohuone back
    3 team members . 2 entries     		4 people
  12. 11. learn italian
    1 cheer     		6,452 people
  13. 12. release more bookcrossing books
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		23 people
  14. 13. be more patient
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  15. 14. go to more concerts
    		2,618 people
  16. 15. share my favourite poems
    		8 people
  17. 16. organize my room
    		323 people
  18. 17. Stress less
    1 cheer     		1,064 people
  19. 18. work because I want to, not because I have to
    1 cheer     		338 people
  20. 19. To live instead of exist
    1 cheer     		11,669 people
  21. 20. Learn Java
    1 cheer     		711 people
  22. 21. Learn Spanish
    3 cheers     		17,682 people
  23. 22. Learn Ruby
    2 cheers     		1,850 people
  24. 23. become more organized
    1 cheer     		929 people
  25. 24. exercise regularly
    1 cheer     		10,995 people
  26. 25. Keep my house organized!
    2 cheers     		17 people
  27. 26. learn to play acoustic guitar, also get a guitar
    		12 people
  28. 27. write a book
    		30,180 people
  29. 28. live in the moment
    2 cheers     		2,082 people
  30. 29. Finish my B.A. degree
    		14 people
  31. 30. Tidy my room and keep it that way
    		277 people
  32. 31. travel around the world
    1 entry     		5,110 people
  33. 32. learn to dance
    1 cheer     		7,098 people
  34. 33. lose 20 kilos
    1 cheer     		152 people
  35. 34. learn PHP
    		1,508 people
  36. 35. ride my bicycle more
    		61 people

How I did it
How to donate money to charity
It took me
2 years
It made me

How I did it: Every year, when I get the taxation reports for the previous year, I calculate the 0.7% budget and start spending. I've allocated about half to microloaning, since that money keeps on helping -- once it's paid back, I keep on reloaning.I've tried to consider what kinds of things really help, and based on that I support some basic infrastrucuture projects (like building wells) and education (building schools, providing teachers and school … Read how I did it…

Oct 06, 2009, 04:24AM PDT | 1 comment | 1 cheer


Recent entries
get Olohuone back (read all 2 entries…)
Olohuone @ Helsinki book fair

Electronic Frontier Finland (6 N 45) has a very olohuone-like feeling, our stuff is from recycling centre :-)

Some entry tickets might be available too (or if you have the Suomalainen kirjakauppa customer card thingie, you should get a couple of free tickets with that from them).

Oct 21, 2009, 03:11AM PDT | 0 comments


donate money to charity
My donation goal is 0.7% of my gross income

Some time during last year I read Jeffrey Sachs’ book The End of Poverty. Finland does not meet the official goal (0.7% of gross national product) for development aid – very few countries do, I think Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg and Netherlands are the only ones.

Since I am fairly well-to-do at the moment, I decided to try to use 0.7% of my personal gross income for charitable purposes. I made practical donations via a couple of Finnish charity groups. What did I get? I bought a cow, chickens, school supplies, light, saplings, a goat, pigs, medical services and AIDS work for developing countries. I mean to do this again in 2007.

May 15, 2007, 06:22AM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments


see Indigo Girls in concert (read all 2 entries…)
Absolutely fabulous

Indigo Girls were playing on February 15 at Shepherds Bush Empire. My preordered tickets never showed up (I still need to make a complaint, since my card has been charged), but tickets were luckily available at the door, and we got in.

The band played a pretty long set, quite a few songs from the latest album, but also the older stuff and some of my all-time favourites. The most memorable performance for me was Chickenman mixed with Bitterroot. The audience also sang along really well in Closer to Fine. I will try to configure my travel calendar to give me another opportunity to hear Indigo Girls live.

Feb 19, 2007, 02:31PM PST | 0 comments


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